- #JOIN SKYPE MEETING AS GUESTY INSTALL#
- #JOIN SKYPE MEETING AS GUESTY SOFTWARE#
- #JOIN SKYPE MEETING AS GUESTY SERIES#
But the scenario 3b presents a new challenge when the user is behind the company network security architecture: The ‘security and network policies’ factorĪs you could read, SfB has a lot of resources to be able to help users to join a meeting. (3c) of course, if neither federation and meetings guest access is allowed, then participants from other companies will be unable to join. You can see this on the Client logs (at it also appears on the Monitoring reports) Internally it launches an instance as anonymous so it can bypass server validation. (3b) one or both companies are not allowing federation with each other, but the the meeting policies allow guest participants, then the SfB client will try to join as a guest. (3a) If both companies SfB are allowed to federate, the participant SfB client will try to reach the SfB servers (throw the Edge server and then to the internal servers hosting the conference) The SfB federation/meeting guest policies define if and how the users can join meeting.
This last situation is the one I want to explain, either if you are a SfB user or system administrator to understand why sometimes you will not be able to join the meetings.
#JOIN SKYPE MEETING AS GUESTY SERIES#
If you are j oining a meeting hosted by another company, then a series of conditions will trigger the SfB client behaviour.If you are j oining a meeting from a colleague and you have a company computer the probability is also very high.If you are using a personal computer at home, or the SfB client on your mobile, the probability to join the meeting is very high.
#JOIN SKYPE MEETING AS GUESTY INSTALL#
If not, then the participant can use the web browser to install and launch the ‘Skype Meeting app’ plugin to join the meeting
#JOIN SKYPE MEETING AS GUESTY SOFTWARE#
Now it all depends on a series of factors from the computer software to the network where the user is. (3) The participants just need to press the link to join the meeting (or dial the phone numbers), right? The presenter can also (should) adjust the meetings settings and permissions and then (2) send the email to the participants. This generates a meeting link url where participants can click and join. (1) The presenter creates an Outlook invitation (using the SfB meeting plugin). Here’s an overview of the process before the detailed explanation: The SfB Join meeting logicĪ typical and formal SfB meeting has the following sequence.
This has exposed one particular behavior to the end-user thats your SfB infrastructure has a problem while connecting to meetings. They were also forced to open SfB external access for collaboration with employees and business partners. Nowadays, with the majority of users in Homeoffice environments, the company networks have ‘extended’ and included different type of secure/VPN remote access. Some parts of the process are not include to keep the content less boring and confusing.
It’s time to explain the logic of a Skype for Business client joining a meeting and a ‘hidden secret’.